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July 10, 2008

Playground Pool Dance

by Sam Savage

By Autumn Grooms, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.

Jul. 10--The disco received applause, and the macarena got a few hips moving.

But it took the Hood Park kids leading the "Cupid Shuffle" to get the crowd dancing and singing at the All-City Playground Olympics Water Ballet competition Wednesday at Copeland Park. "I thought we did really good," said Kawana McCloud, 9. "Everyone liked it and was singing along and dancing, too."

The children selected the song by Cupid because it didn't have any bad words in its lyrics and was appropriate for 2-year-old Daylena Buckhanan to dance to, her sister Daisha Buckhanan said.

"Cupid Shuffle" also was a tune that most kids knew from watching the music video on television, Kantrice Marshall, 11, added.

"I like the moves to the dance," said Trenysha Anderson, 8. "I love it."